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FIRST  REPORT 


MANAGERS    OF   THE 


ALLEGHENY  CEMETERY, 


TOGETHKK     WITH     THE 


CHARTER  OF  THE  CORPORATION; 


RULES,  REGULATIONS,  LOT  HOLDERS,  &c, 


ALSO, 


A  FUNERAL  ADDRESS 


ON  THE  OCCASION  OF  RE-INTERRING  THE  REMAINS  OF 
COM.  JOSHUA  EABNEY  &  LIEUT.  JAG.  L.  PARKER. 


BY  WILSON  M'CANDLESS,  ESQ. 


PRINTED  BY  JOHNSTON  AND  STOCKTON— MARKET  STREET— PITTSBURGH. 

1840. 


"If  there  be  one  object  more  material,  more  revolting,  more  gloomy 
than  another,  it  is  a  crowded  church  yard  in  a  city.  It  has  neither 
sympathy  nor  memory.  The  pressed  down  stones  lie  heavy  upon  the 
very  heart.  The  sunshine  cannot  get  at  them  for  smoke.  There  is 
a  crowd,  and,  like  most  crowds,  there  is  no  companionship.  Sym- 
pathy is  the  softener  of  death;  and  memory  of  the  loved  and  lost,  is 
the  earthly  shadow  of  their  immortality. 

"I  pray  thee,  lay  me  not  to  rest 

Among  these  mouldering  bones; 
Too  heavily  the  earth  is  prest 

By  all  these  crowded  stones." 

Miss  Landon's  City  Church  Yard. 


REPORT. 


The  grateful  enterprise  of  establishing,  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Pittsburgh,  a  rural  repository  for  the  dead, 
had,  at  an  earlier  period,  been  a  favorite  subject  with 
several  of  our  leading  citizens;*  but  it  was  not  till 
the  fall  of  1843,  that  it  arrested  any  considerable  de- 
gree of  the  public  attention. 

Similar  undertakings  in  the  older  and  richer  cities 
of  the  East,  had  been  eminently  successful;  yet  with 
some  it  was  esteemed  a  matter  of  doubt,  whether  the 
population  of  Pittsburgh,  proverbial  for  their  habits 
of  industry  and  rigid  economy,  would  feel  prepared 
to  render  the  necessary  aid  to  insure  success. 

The  practice  of  burying  the  dead  in  populous  ci- 
ties, had  been  condemned  by  eminent  medical  wri- 
ters, as  prejudicial  to  the  health,  as  in  too  many  in- 

*  As  early  as  1834,  an  attempt  was  made  by  Dr.  James  R.  Speer,  Ste- 
phen  Colwell  and  John  Chislett,  Esqrs.  to  establish  a  Rural  Cemetery  in  this 
neighborhood;  although  unsuccessful  at  that  time,  two  of  the  gentlemen 
have  participated  largely  in  recent  and  more  successful  efforts. 


stances  it  was  repugnant  to  the  feelings  of  the  living. 
Some  of  our  oldest  church  yards  did  not  afford  room 
for  a  single  interment,  without  desecrating  the  slum- 
bering ashes   of  some    departed  friend   or   relative. 
The  necessity  for  action  had  therefore  become  ur- 
gent, and  a  public  meeting  of  citizens  was  convened 
at  the  Rooms  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  to  take  the  mat- 
ter into  consideration.     All  classes  were  represented, 
without  distinction  of  creed  or  sect,  animated  by  the 
one  purpose  of  buying  a  common  "possession  of  a 
burying  place."     The  meeting  was  unanimous  in  its 
opinion,  that  the  establishment  of  a  Rural  Cemetery 
was  both  expedient  and  practicable;  and  proceeded 
at  once  to  appoint  committees  to  procure  an  act  of 
Incorporation,  and  select  suitable  grounds.     The  la- 
mented Richard  Biddle,  one  of  the  earliest  and  most 
efficient  advocates   of  the   measure,   was   appointed 
chairman  of  the  committee  to  procure  the  charter; 
and  the  act  incorporating  the  "Allegheny  Cemetery," 
as  it  passed  the  Legislature  on  the  21st  April,  1844, 
is  believed  to  be  precisely  in  the  comprehensive  form 
in  which  it  emanated  from  his  pen. 

The  committee  to  select  grounds,  proceeded  to  the 
immediate  discharge  of  its  duty.  Every  tract  of  land 
lying  north  of  the  Monongahela  and  Ohio  rivers,  and 
within  a  range  of  three  miles  of  the  city,  deemed  at  all 


suitable,  was  carefully  explored.  Several  eligible  lo- 
cations were  offered  on  reasonable  terms;  but  the  one 
reported  as  the  choice  of  the  committee,  supposed  to 
combine  the  greatest  number  of  advantages,  was  a 
tract  of  sixty  acres,  being  the  southern  portion  of  the 
Hatfield  property  of  George  A.  Bayard,  Esq.  and 
constituting  a  part  of  the  present  cemetery  property. 

The  organization  of  the  company  and  the  first 
election  of  officers  and  managers  under  the  charter, 
took  place  early  in  the  summer  of  1844,  the  precise 
date  of  which  cannot  now  be  ascertained,  owino-  to 
the  destruction  of  the  records  and  papers  of  the  cor- 
poration in  the  memorable  fire  of  the  10th  of  April, 
1845;  at  that  election,  Richard  Biddle  was  chosen 
President;  Charles  Avery,  Thos.  Bakewell,  John  H. 
Shoenberger,  James  R.  Speer,  Wilson  McCandless 
and  Thos.  M.  Howe,  Managers;  Nathaniel  Holmes, 
Treasurer;  and  Thos.  J.  Bigham,  Secretary. 

The  board  of  Managers  immediately  appointed 
appropriate  committees  to  mature  plans  for  carrying 
out  the  objects  of  the  charter.  Prominent,  and  most 
important  amongst  these,  was  a  committee  to  devise 
a  plan  for  raising  the  necessary  funds.  Several 
schemes  were  suggested:  one  was  to  form  a  joint 
stock  Company,  with  a  capital  divided  into  shares, 


adequate  to  the  purchasing  of  the  grounds  and  putting 
them  under  proper  improvement,  and  from  the  sale  of 
lots,  after  reserving  a  sufficient  fund  for  ornamenting 
and  for  repairs,  to  reimburse  the  stockholders  by  peri- 
odical dividends.  Another  was  to  solicit  subscriptions 
by  way  of  loans  of  money  from  the  citizens,  to  be  re- 
paid with  interest  from  the  sales  of  burial  lots,  allow- 
ing to  the  lenders  the  right  to  apply  the  amount  so 
loaned  in  payment  of  any  burial  lot  which  they  might 
purchase:  stipulating,  that  any  subscriptions  made 
were  to  be  regarded  as  void,  unless  in  the  judgment 
of  the  Board  of  Managers  a  sufficient  amount  should 
be  subscribed  to  consummate  the  undertaking-. 

The  former  of  these  two  plans  was  deemed  to  be 
highly  objectionable,  when  viewed  in  connexion  with 
the  sacred  character  of  the  undertaking,  and  was 
promptly  rejected,  and  the  latter  received  the  unani- 
mous approval  of  the  Board. 

Subscription  papers  were  accordingly  opened,  and 
the  sum  of  88,975  subscribed  by  thirty-five  indi- 
viduals, whose  names,  together  with  the  amount  of 
their  several  subscriptions,  will  be  found  in  the  ap- 
pendix. 

A  committee  of  the  whole  Board  in  the  meantime 


had  reviewed  the  various  localities  examined  by  the 
previous  committee,  and  arrived  at  the  conclusion 
that  the  grounds  of  Mr.  Bayard  were  best  adapted  to 
the  purpose  of  sepulture,  and  found  that  sixty  acres 
could  be  purchased  from  that  gentleman  for  the  sum 
of  $15,000,  on  a  credit  so  liberal  as  to  render  it  rea- 
sonably certain,  that  with  the  subscriptions  of  $8,975 
and  the  probable  receipts  from  sales  of  lots,  the  Board 
could  have  no  difficulty  in  meeting  the  payments  and 
going  forward  with  the  necessary  improvements. 

It  should  be  mentioned  in  this  connexion,  as  an  act 
of  justice  to  Mr.  Bayard,  that  he  generously  proposed 
to  waive  all  lien  upon  the  property  in  the  shape  of 
mortgage,  thereby  enabling  the  Managers  to  execute 
deeds  for  burial  lots  in  fee  simple,  without  incum- 
brance, and  trust  to  the  good  faith  of  a  corporation 
shielded  by  the  very  terms  of  its  charter  from  execu- 
tion for  debt. 

An  important  objection  to  this  selection,  was  the 
want  of  access  to  the  ground  by  any  of  the  principal 
thoroughfares  leading  from  the  city; — the  nearest 
approach  being  within  about  three  hundred  yards, 
by  the  Pittsburgh  and  Greensburg  Turnpike,  at  a 
point  near  the  residence  of  Peter  Kellar,  Esq.  A 
negotiation  was  accordingly  opened  with  the  heirs  of 

9. 


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Samuel  Ewalt,  the  owners  of  the  intervening  pro- 
perty, for  the  right  of  way  across  their  premises;  but 
it  was  found  that  in  consequence  of  the  minority  of 
one  of  the  heirs,  it  would  be  necessary  to  invoke  the 
Legislature  for  authority  to  enable  the  guardians  to 
make  the  conveyance,  or  to  clothe  the  Courts  with 
additional  power,  to  grant  an  avenue  of  the  desired 
width,  under  the  survey  of  a  jury.  It  became  neces- 
sary therefore  to  postpone  all  further  action  until  the 
assembling  of  the  Legislature  the  ensuing  winter. 

In  the  ensuing  spring  many  of  the  subscribers  to  the 
fund  shared  largely  in  the  losses  occasioned  by  the 
great  fire  of  the  10th  April,  and  it  was  deemed  to  be 
due  to  them  that  they  should  again  be  consulted  as  to 
their  willingness  to  contribute.  A  committee  for  this 
purpose  was  accordingly  appointed,  consisting  of 
Richard  Biddle,  Wilson  M'Candless  and  T.J.  Bigham, 
Esqrs.  who  reported  at  a  meeting  of  the  Corporators 
on  the  6th  June,  that  all  the  subscribers  were  willing; 
to  be  held  responsible. 

At  the  meeting  on  the  6th  June,  1845,  the  Corpo- 
rators, in  pursuance  of  the  requirements  of  the  charter, 
proceeded  to  a  new  election  of  Officers  and  Managers. 
Mr.  Biddle  signifying  his  desire,  on  account  of  heavy 
losses  by  the  fire,  involving  the  necessity  of  renewed 


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application  to  the  duties  of  his  profession,  to  retire 
from  the  Board.  The  Hon.  Thos.  Irwin  was  elected 
President;  Charles  Avery,  Thos.  Bakewell,  John  H. 
Shoenberger,  Wilson  M'Candless,  James  R.  Speer 
and  Thomas  M.  Howe,  were  reelected  Managers; 
Nathaniel  Holmes,  Treasurer;  and  Jesse  Carothers, 
Secretary. 

On  the  19th  of  June  the  new  Board  met;  Mr.  Bay- 
ard being  present  by  request  of  the  Managers,  pro- 
posed to  sell  his  entire  Hatfield  property,  east  of  the 
Butler  road,  containing  about  100  acres,  including  his 
mansion  house  and  other  improvements,  for  the  sum 
of  $50,000,  and  that  he  would  take  the  notes  of  the 
corporation  guarantied  by  responsible  individuals  for 
$25,000,  payable  in  five  years,  with  interest;  and  for 
the  remaining  $25,000  would  receive  one  half  of  the 
proceeds  of  the  sales  of  lots,  after  the  expiration  of 
five  years,  until  the  same  was  paid,  with  interest;  and 
would  make  a  deed  free  of  all  incumbrance  to  the 
corporation.  This  proposition  met  with  the  unani- 
mous approbation  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  and  was 
accepted. 

A  sufficient  number  of  the  Corporators  came  for- 
ward with  commendable  liberality,  and  each  became 
responsible  for  the  sum  of  $1,000,  and  the  purchase 


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was  fully  consummated,  and  on  the  10th  of  June,  Mr, 
John  Chislett,  the  intelligent  architect  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  company,  was  authorized  to  proceed 
forthwith  to  survey  and  lay  out  the  grounds  prepara- 
tory to  a  public  sale  of  lots.  The  plan  was  comple- 
ted by  the  27th  of  August,  and  the  President  au- 
thorized to  advertise  a  public  sale  of  lots,  to  take 
place  on  the  26th  of  September. 

The  grounds  were  dedicated  by  appropriate  reli- 
gious ceremonies  on  the  20th  of  September,  on  which 
occasion  an  original  ode  was  sung,  composed  by  our 
talented  young  townsman,  Robt.  P.  Nevin,  Esq.  The 
Throne  of  Grace  was  addressed  in  an  eloquent  prayer 
by  the  Rev.  George  S.  Holmes,  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  which  was  followed  by  a  chaste 
and  appropriate  address  from  Professor  Green  of  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary,  and  the  service  con- 
cluded by  a  benediction  from  that  venerable  patriarch 
in  the  church,  the  Rev.  Francis  Herron  D.  D. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  on  the  20th 
September,  the  following  Resolution  was  offered  by 
Mr.  Howe,  and  unanimously  adopted. 

"Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Managers,  for  them- 
selves and  the  Corporators  whom  they  represent,  dis- 


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claim  all  intention  or  design  of  deriving  any  private 
pecuniary  advantage  from  the  sale  of  burial  lots;  that 
it  is  the  intention  of  the  Board  of  Managers  to  appro- 
priate the  entire  proceeds  of  such  sales,  first  to  the 
extinguishment  of  the  debt  assumed  by  the  Corpora- 
tors in  the  purchase  of  the  property,  and  in  ornament- 
ing the  grounds,  and  after  these  two  objects  are  ac- 
complished, then  to  create  such  a  permanent  fund  as 
shall  be  thought  adequate  to  keep  the  grounds  in  good 
condition  through  all  time  to  come,  and  the  remainder 
to  devote  to  philanthropic  and  charitable  uses." 

The  first  public  sale  of  lots  was  made  on  the  26th 
of  September,  at  which  time  ninety-six  lots  were 
sold,  producing  the  sum  of  $9,335. 

A  public  vault  for  the  temporary  reception  of  the 
dead,  to  be  located  in  some  eligible  position  in  the  city, 
formed  a  part  of  the  original  plan  of  the  Board  of 
Managers,  and  has  always  been  considered  by  them 
of  primary  importance.  As  early,  therefore,  as  Oc- 
tober, 1845,  the  Trustees  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  were  applied  to  for  permission  to  erect,  in 
their  yard,  a  Receiving  Tomb:  the  application  was 
favorably  received  by  the  Trustees  of  the  church,  and 
permission  granted,  under  suitable  restrictions.  The 
matter,  however,  met  the  decided  disapprobation  of 
a   majority   of  the   congregation,   and  the    Trustees 


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were  induced  to  revoke  the  grant.  Informal  appli- 
cation was  then  made  to  Trinity  church,  with  like  re- 
sults, when  the  Managers  of  the  Cemetery  for  the 
time  were  induced  to  forego  further  attempts.  They 
do  not  despair,  however,  of  being  able  to  accomplish 
the  object  at  no  remote  period,  believing  that  the  ob- 
jections with  which  they  have  heretofore  been  met, 
will  be  found  altogether  groundless,  when  the  char- 
acter of  similar  vaults  in  the  Eastern  cities  becomes 
more  generally  known. 

The  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Corporators  was 
held  on  the  6th  of  June,  1846.  Thomas  Irwin  was  re- 
elected President.  Charles  Avery,  John  H.  Shoen- 
berger,  John  Bissell,  Wilson  M'Candless,  James  R. 
Speer,  and  Thos.  M.  Howe,  were  elected  Managers; 
Nathaniel  Holmes,  Treasurer;  and  Jesse  Carothers, 
Secretary. 

A  statement  of  the  financial  affairs  was  presented  to 
the  meeting,  showing  the  amount  of  sales,  from  the 
26th  Sept.  to  the  5th  of  June,  to  be       -     $20,489   72 
Of  which  amount  there  had  been  appro- 
priated as  follows: 
To  pay  George  A.  Bayard,    $11,961   62 
Improvements  and  expenses,      2,371   68 —  14,333   30 

Leaving  on  hand  a  balance  in  favor  of 

the  corporation  of  $6,156  42 


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It  will  be  seen  from  the  foregoing  exhibit,  that  the 
Managers  had  been  nobly  sustained  by  the  public; 
that  the  sales  during  the  first  eight  months  had 
amounted  to  four-fifths  of  the  sum  for  which  the 
Corporators  had  issued  their  personal  guaranty  in 
the  purchase  of  the  property,  and  gave  the  most 
cheering  promise  that  the  success  of  the  enterprise 
would  exceed  the  most  sanguine  hopes  of  its  most 
ardent  friends. 

Encouraged  by  results  so  flattering,  the  Managers 
proceeded  at  once  to  the  construction  of  improve- 
ments of  a  substantial  character.  The  line  of  the 
property  fronting  on  the  road,  was  enclosed  by  a  stone 
wall  eight  feet  in  height,  with  a  private  Gothic  gate- 
way; and  a  secure  board  fence  of  the  same  height 
extended  around  the  entire  property,  designed  to  be 
replaced  at  as  early  a  period  as  the  funds  will  permit, 
by  an  extension  of  the  stone  wall. 

The  improvement  of  the  grounds  was  assiduously 
prosecuted  during  the  year,  according  to  the  original 
plan,  by  extending  and  gravelling  the  avenues,  plant- 
ing shrubbery,  ornamental  flowers,  &c.  the  sale 
of  lots  keeping  pace  with  the  progress  of  the  improve- 
ments. 


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The  third  annual  meeting  was  held  on  the  6th  of 
June,  1847,  at  which  time  Messrs.  Irwin  and  Avery 
signified  their  wish  to  retire  from  the  Board.  Tho- 
mas  M.  Howe  was  elected  President.  John  H.  Sho- 
enberger,  John  Bissell,  Wilson  M'Candless,  James  R. 
Speer,  Jesse  Carothers  and  Nathaniel  Holmes,  were 
elected  Managers;  and  John  Finney,  Jr.  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.  During  this  year  the  improvements 
of  the  ground  were  greatly  advanced  by  extending 
the  old,  and  adding  new  avenues,  and  putting  in  pro- 
per condition,  for  sale,  several  new  sections.  A  con- 
tract was  also  made  with  Wm.  W.  Wallace  for  con- 
structing the  principal  Gateway,  which  is  to  be  of  the 
castellated  Gothic  style  of  architecture. 

Arrangements  were  made,  on  the  17th  of  March, 
for  paying  a  merited  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory 
of  two  gallant  officers  of  the  United  States'  Navy — 
Com.  Joshua  Barney  and  Lieut.  James  L.  Parker; 
the  former  of  whom  died  while  on  a  casual  visit  to  this 
city,  in  the  year  1818,  and  whose  remains  had  been 
interred  in  the  church  yard  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church.  The  latter  died  with  his  armor  on,  and  at 
his  post  of  duty,  off  the  coast  of  Mexico,  during  the 
recent  war  with  that  country.  The  Managers  of  the 
Cemetery  had  appropriated  a  beautiful  spot  in  the 


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most  commanding  position  in  the  grounds,  and  dedi- 
cated it  as  a  burial  place  for  naval  heroes,  under  the 
name  of  Mount  Barney.  To  this  spot  the  remains  of 
the  two  gallant  officers  were  removed  on  the  12th  day 
of  May,  1848,  accompanied  by  such  appropriate  man- 
ifestations of  respect  as  were  due  to  their  illustrious 
deeds,  and  which  have  been  faithfully  chronicled  in 
an  eloquent  address  delivered  upon  that  occasion  by 
our  fellow-citizen,  Wilson  M'Candless,  Esq. 

The  religious  services  were  conducted  by  Prof. 
Alexander  T.  M'Gill,  D.  D.  whose  truly  eloquent 
prayer,  it  had  been  the  wish  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  to  perpetuate  in  the  same  record  with 
the  address.  The  effort,  however,  having  been  en- 
tirely impromptu,  the  Doctor's  christian  candor  in- 
duced him  to  decline  an  attempt  to  copy  it  from 
memory. 

At  the  fourth  annual  meeting,  on  the  5th  of  June, 
1848,  the  officers  and  managers  of  the  preceding  year 
were  unanimously  reelected.  The  Treasurer's  state- 
ment of  the  financial  affairs  of  the  Corporation,  exhib- 
ited its  resources  as  adequate  to  the  payment  in  full, 
both  principal  and  interest,  of  the  remaining  balance 
due  to  Mr.  Bayard  on  the  first  instalment  of  $25,000, 


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and  leave  a  sufficient  sum  on  hand  to  prosecute  the 
improvements. 

The  Managers  had  expected  that  the  principal 
Gateway,  together  with  the  Porter's  Lodge  connected 
therewith,  would  have  been  finished  during  the  pres- 
ent season,  but  disappointments  in  the  receipt  of  stone, 
which  are  transported  from  the  vicinity  of  Freeport, 
in  Armstrong  county,  will  necessarily  protract  the  pe- 
riod of  its  completion  till  the  middle  of  next  year. 
The  work,  so  far  as  it  has  progressed,  has  been  exe- 
cuted in  the  most  satisfactory  manner,  creditable  alike 
to  the  skill  of  the  mechanic  by  whose  chisel  the  rough 
stone  has  been  moulded  into  shape,  and  to  the  intelli- 
gent architect  whose  pencil  first  traced  the  design. 

It  is  now  a  little  more  than  three  years  since  the  im- 
provements of  the  Allegheny  Cemetery  were  first  com- 
menced. Within  this  period  about  18  acres  have 
been  surveyed  and  laid  out  into  sections  and  lots,  of 
which  about  12  acres  have  been  sold.  Three  miles 
of  avenues  have  been  opened,  nearly  all  of  which  have 
been  gravelled;  630  lots  have  been  sold;  15  lots  have 
been  improved  by  being  inclosed  with  an  iron  fence; 
16  have  been  inclosed  with  marble  posts  and  chains. 
There  have  been  erected  forty-three  marble  monu- 
ments and  three  vaults. 


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The  first  interment  was  made  on  the  4th  Septem- 
ber, 1845,  being  the  daughter  of  Geo.  A.  Bayard,  Esq. 
and  wife  of  James  A.  Briggs,  Esq.  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
The  whole  number  of  interments  to  the  present  time, 
is  505. 

The  following  statement,  from  the  Treasurer's 
books,  exhibits  the  fiscal  affairs  of  the  Corporation, 
from  the  beginning  of  the  enterprise  to  the  21st  of 
October,  1848. 

RECEIPTS. 

Total  am't  of  sales  to  21st  Oct.  1848,         $50,896  33 
Received  for  interments,  &c.       -         -  631  25 

Received  from  Charles  S.  Bradford,  Esq.  50  00 


Total  Receipts,     -     -       $51,577  58 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Paid  George  A.  Bayard  on  account  of 
purchase,  -         -         $22,503  67 

Paid  for  improvements,  11,324  51 

Paid  expenses,  salaries,  &c.       3,498   12 
Paid  interest,        -  -  269   36 

Paid  stock  &  tools  on  grounds,     751  21 

Total  disbursements, ■    $38,346  87 


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Disbursements  brought  forward,    $38,346   87 
Leaving  a  balance  in  favor  of  the  Cor- 
poration, as  follows,  viz: 
Cash  on  hand,       -  -  $188  29 

Notes  in  hands  of  Treas'r,  3,269  89 

Due  for  Lots  sold,  -  9,772  53 

Available  resources, 13,230  71 


$51,577   58 


The  foregoing  summary  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Corporation,  hastily  compiled  under  the  direction  of 
the  Board  of  Managers,  amidst  the  pressure  of  other 
duties,  is  believed  to  comprise  all  of  the  operations 
calculated  to  interest  the  lot  holders,  or  the  public 
at  large. 

It  has  been  no  part  of  the  design  of  this  brief  report 
to  enter  into  a  description  of  the  grounds.  For  read- 
ers at  home,  such  a  task  would  be  altogether  a  work 
of  supererogation.  In  the  admirable  adaptation  of 
the  soil  to  the  purposes  of  sepulture,  and  the  pic- 
turesque beauty  of  its  surface,  diversified  by  hill  and 
dale,  and  running  brook,  nature  has  done  all  that  the 
most  fastidious  taste  could  desire.     The  hand  of  man, 


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under  the  skilful  supervision  of  the  accomplished  ar- 
chitect of  the  company,  John  Chislett,  Esq.  has  al- 
ready accomplished  much  in  the  way  of  ornament. 
The  enterprise,  however,  is  yet  in  its  infancy;  but  a 
foundation  has  been  laid,  on  which  a  liberal  and  gen- 
erous public  will  rear  a  mighty  "city  of  the  dead;"  to 
which,  when  the  cares  and  anxieties  of  life  shall  have 
been  laid  aside  forever,  we,  and  our  posterity  for  un- 
numbered generations  to  come,  will  be  gathered  in 
peaceful  repose,  to  await  the  final  consummation  of 
all  things. 

Submitted   in  behalf  of  the   Board  of  Managers, 

by 

THOMAS  M.  HOWE, 

President. 
Pittsburgh,  Nov.  1848. 


AN    ACT 

TO    INCORPORATE     THE 

ALLEGHENY  CEMETERY, 

IN 

ALLEGHENY    COUNTY. 


Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  in 
General  Assembly  met:  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  authority 
of  the  same, — That  Thomas  Bakewell,  Dr.  Jas.  R.  Speer, 
Wm.  Robinson,  Jr.  John  Freeman,  E.  W.  Stephens,  Tho- 
mas M.  Howe,  J.  Chislett,  T.  J.  Bigham,  W.  J.  Totten, 
Dr.  H.  D.  Sellers,  F.  Lorenz,  Charles  Avery,  George  Hogg, 
John  H.  Shoenberger,  H.  Childs,  J.  Painter,  John  Bissel, 
H.  Sterling,  Rev.  A.  M.  Bryan,  W.  Lippincott,  Dr.  Wm. 
Kerr,  E.  D.  Gazzam,  R.  S.  Cassatt,  W.  Eichbaum,  F.  G. 
Bailey,  H.  Denny,  R.  C.  Grier,  G.  W.  Jackson,  Josiah 
King,  Charles  Brewer,  Wilson  M'Candless,  J.  S.  Craft,  Geo. 
Ogden,  N.  Holmes,  P.  M'Cormick,  J.  Laughlin,  R.  Biddle, 
J.  D.  M'Cord,  R.  Beer  and  Thos.  Irwin,  be  and  they  and 
their  successors  are  hereby  created  a  body  politic  in  law,  under 
the  name  and  title  of  the  Allegheny  Cemetery,  and  by  that 
name  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  and  be  able  and  capable 


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in  law  to  have  and  use  a  common  seal,  to  sue  and  be  sued, 
implead  and  be  impleaded  in  all  Courts  of  law  and  equity,  and 
to  do  all  such  other  things  as  are  incident  to  a  corporation. 

Section  2.  That  the  said  Corporation  shall  at  least 
once  in  every  year  hereafter,  fill,  by  election  by  ballot,  all 
vacancies  which  may  occur  among  them,  and  may  at  the  same 
time  or  other  times,  increase  and  add  to  their  number  from 
those  who  may  be  lot  holders  in  the  Cemetery,  so  that  the  said 
company  shall  never  be  reduced  to  less  than  ten,  nor  exceed 
forty  members:  and  they  shall  have  full  power  to  ordain, 
establish  and  put  in  execution  all  such  by-laws,  rules  and  regu- 
lations, not  contrary  to  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  this  State,  which  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper 
government  of  this  Corporation,  its  officers  and  affairs,  and  until 
the  election  of  Managers,  shall  exercise  all  the  powers  thereof. 

Section  3.  That  the  said  Corporators  shall  at  least  once 
in  every  year,  elect  from  their  number  seven  Managers,  one  of 
whom  shall  be  designated  as  President,  and  a  Secretary  and 
and  Treasurer,  who  shall  make  a  report  of  their  proceed ings 
and  a  statement  of  the  finances,  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the 
Corporators,  and  as  much  oftener  as  may  be  required  by  a 
majority  of  ihem  the  said  Corporators. 

Section    4.     That    the    said     Corporators    or   Managers 

shall  have  power  to  contract  for  and   purchase  from  the  owner 

or  owners  thereof,  a  tract  of  land   in  Allegheny  county,  not 

ding  in  the  whole  one  hundred  acres,  and  the  same  to  lay 

out  and   ornament,  and   to  divide  and  arrange  it  into  suitable 


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plots  and  burial  lots,  remove  and  alter  old,  and  erect  new  build- 
ings, and  to  do  all  other  things  proper  or  necessary  to  be  done 
to  adapt  the  said  ground  for  the  purposes  of  a  Cemetery,  and  to 
sell  and  dispose  of  said  plots  and  burial  lots  in  fee  simple,  or 
otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  sepulture,  to  individuals,  societies, 
or  congregations,  without  distinction  or  regard  to  sect,  under 
such  conditions,  rules  and  regulations  as  the  said  Corporators 
or  Managers  may  establish  for  the  government  of  lot  holders, 
visiters  to  the  Cemetery,  and  burial  of  the  dead:  Provided,  that 
the  lots  granted  by  the  said  association  for  burial  lots  shall  not 
be  used  for  any  other  purpose;  and  they  shall  be  free  from 
seizure,  levy  or  sale,  under,  or  by  virtue  of  any  execution 
against  any  grantee  or  grantees  of  said  association  for  such 
purpose. 

Section  5.  That  the  said  Corporators  or  the  said  Man- 
agers after  their  election  shall  have  power  to  appoint  all  other 
officers,  agents  and  workmen  which  may  be  needful,  and  fix 
their  compensation  or  wages,  and  the  same  discharge  at  plea- 
sure; to  take  from  the  Treasurer  security  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  his  trust,  and  to  discharge  him  from  his  office  upon 
occasion  therefor;  and  that  the  said  Managers  shall  keep  fair 
minutes  of  all  their  acts  and  doings. 

Section  6.     That  the  said  company  shall  be  capable  of 

holding  so   much  personal  property  as    may  be  necessary  for 

the  purposes  of  this  incorporation,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 

the  Managers,  out  of  the  proceeds  of  sale  of  burial  lots,  to 

create  a  fund  to  be  invested  in  ground  rents  or  mortgages,  the 

income  whereof  shall  be   of  adequate  amount,  and  applied  as 

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may  be  necessary  for  the  improvement  and  perpetual  mainten- 
ance of  the  Cemetery  in  proper  order  and  security;  and  at 
least  ten  per  cent,  of  the  purchase  money  of  all  burial  lots  shall 
be  set  aside  for  said  improvements,  and  the  creation  of  said 
perpetual  fund;  and  any  failure  in  the  duties  aforesaid  shall 
subject  said  Managers  or  Corporators  to  the  control  of  the 
competent  judicial  authority  for  correction. 

Section  7.  That  no  street,  lane  or  road  shall  ever  be 
laid  out  through  the  lands  so  occupied  as  a  Cemetery,  except 
under  the  authority  of  the  corporation;  and  that  the  same  shall 
be  exempt  from  taxation. 

JAMES  ROSS  SNOWDEN, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
WM.  BIGLER, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  the  24th  April,  1844.        ) 
DAVID  R.  PORTER,  Governor.  S 


FUNERAL  ORATION, 


BY 


WILSONVM'CANDLESS: 


DELIVERED  AT  THE 


ALLEGHENY  CEMETERY, 


May    12th,  1848. 


FUNERAL  ORATION. 


These  bones  live — live  in  the  patriotic  affection 
of  the  American  people. 

Clothed  in  the  image  of  God,  and  animated  with 
the  spirit  of  these  departed  heroes,  they  were  the 
public  property  of  the  Nation.  To  us,  and  to  our  suc- 
cessors, is  confided  the  sacred  trust  of  preserving 
them  inviolate,  until  the  last  trump  shall  call  the 
dead  to  judgment. 

This  is  a  heroic  solemnity,  and  this  multitude  of 
living  witnesses  have  come  from  the  activity  of  a  tu- 
multuous city,  to  look  in  sadness  upon  the  re-inter- 
ment of  those  who  were  once  "candidates  high  in 
emulation  for  the  prize  of  glory."  This  pall  and  this 
mourning  are  alike  creditable  to  the  living  and  the 
dead — to  our  country,  and  to  our  social  relations. 
They  awaken  recollections  of  the  virtues  of  the  de- 


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ceasedf,  and  the  stirring  scenes  in  which  they  partici- 
pated. They  remind  us,  also,  of  the  inevitable  hour 
common  to  us  all,  and  that 

"The  path  of  glory  leads  but  to  the  grave." 

Far  from  the  endearments  of  home  and  consan- 
guinity, two  of  them  surrendered  to  the  last  enemy  of 
mortality,  what  they  refused  to  the  bravest  of  their 
country's  enemies;  and  the  other  died  amid  the  con- 
flict of  arms,  with  his  face  to  the  bristling  steel 
of  the  enraged  foe.  Here  on  this  mount,  dedicated 
with  appropriate  solemnities  to  the  purposes  of  sepul- 
ture, they  will  repose;  and  the  tall  column,  carved 
with  the  emblems  of  their  great  deeds,  will  rise  to  ani- 
mate their  countrymen  in  all  future  struggles  for  the 
preservation  of  constitutional  liberty.  Here  the  dews 
will  descend,  and  fresh  flowers  be  sprinkled  on  their 
graves,  as  long  as  the  veins  of  American  women  swell 
with  the  blood  of  the  Revolution.  Here  the  young 
and  gallant  soldier  will  come  from  the  pomp,  parade 
and  toil  of  the  camp,  to  do  homage  to  warriors  clad 
in  clay.  And  here  the  intrepid  sailor,  nursed  in  the 
storm,  with  the  tide  of  generous  sorrow  working  up- 
ward to  his  eye,  will  wipe  away  a  tear  from  his  manly 
cluck,  as  lie  gazes  upon  the  spot  where  Barney  and 
Parker  lie 


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Joshua  Barney  was  a  native  of  the  gallant  State  of* 
Maryland,  but  his  mouldering  bones  are  entitled  to 
rest,  with  honorable  distinction,  upon  the  soil  of  Penn- 
sylvania. From  our  Legislature  he  received  tokens 
of  approbation  for  meritorious  conduct  in  protecting 
the  commerce  of  the  Delaware;  and  his  family  now 
possess  the  sword  awarded  to  him  by  this  State,  for 
that  and  other  distinguished  services  rendered  during 
the  Revolutionary  war.  In  foreign  service,  and  in 
perils  of  the  sea,  before  that  great  event,  his  patriotic 
valor  was  at  once  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  his  country, 
and  two  days  after  the  declaration  of  American  Inde- 
pendence, he  sailed  from  Philadelphia  with  a  com- 
mission as  Lieutenant,  from  the  continental  Congress. 
Although  in  a  subordinate  position  upon  the  Sachem 
and  the  Andria  Dorrea,  a  vessel  captured  from  the 
enemy,  his  naval  skill  and  indomitable  bravery  brought 
him  prominently  before  the  country.  Prize  after 
prize  was  taken,  and  the  haughty  cross  of  St.  George 
was  lowered  in  more  than  one  instance  by  his  own 
hands.  Ordered  to  the  command  of  the  Saratoga,  of 
only  16  guns,  he  took  an  English  frigate  of  32  guns, 
boarded  her  under  the  fire  of  a  broadside,  and  run 
up  the  American  flag.  But  he  could  not  always  be 
successful,  and  in  bringing  the  ship  home,  as  a  trophy 
of  his  victory,  he  himself  was  captured  and  carried 
to  England,  there  to  suffer  the  horrors  of  an  enemy's 
cruelty. 


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By  a  well  arranged  plan  he  escaped  to  the  United 
States,  and  was  not  long  inactive  in  avenging  the 
wrongs  he  received  abroad.  In  the  action  of  the 
Ilyder  Ally,  and  for  which  he  was  complimented  by 
Pennsylvania,  he  reserved  his  fire  until  within  pistol 
shot — then  raked  his  adversary  fore  and  aft,  and  in 
twenty  minutes  her  colors  were  struck.  This  was 
the  most  gallant  action  of  his  naval  life,  and  brought 
down  upon  him  the  thanks  of  congress  and  the  coun- 
try. His  fame  traveled  throughout  the  land,  and  his 
praise  was  incorporated  in  the  ballads  of  the  day — 
"The  roaring  Hyder  Ally,"  was  as  familiar  to  all,  as 
the  nursery  tales  to  lisping  infancy,  or  the  scenes  at 
Bunker  Hill  to  the  valiant  soldier  who  had  partici- 
pated in  that  bloody  combat.  The  name  of  the  cap- 
tured vessel,  the  "General  Monk,"  was  changed  to 
General  Washington;  and  it  is  a  remarkable  histori- 
cal fact,  that  this  ship,  under  the  command  of  Cap- 
tain Barney,  carried  out  to  Europe  the  instructions 
of  his  government  to  Dr.  Franklin,  relative  to  the  ne- 
gotiations for  peace,  and  was  the  first  to  bring  back 
to  this  country  the  thrilling  news  that  it  was  accom- 
plished upon  a  basis  honorable  and  satisfactory  to  the 
American  people.  This  rich  freight  could  not  have 
been  borne  on  a  vessel  with  a  name  more  appropri- 
ate, than  that  of  the  Father  of  his  Country,  whose 
valor  had  won  the  battles,  and  whose  skill  had  laid 
the   foundations  of  the  Republic.     It    is  an  opulent 


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legacy,  too,  to  the  descendants  of  the  Commodore, 
that  his  name  should  be  so  illustriously  associated 
with  one  of  the  grandest  epochs  of  American  history; 
and  it  is  a  still  prouder  honor,  that  under  the  new 
Constitution,  he  should  have  been  selected,  with 
Truxton  and  Dale,  by  President  Washington,  to  the 
command  of  one  of  the  six  vessels  authorized  by  Con- 
gress, and  then  composing  the  whole  Navy  of  the 
United  States. 

This  he  declined,  and  relieved  from  public  duty, 
he  sailed  for  France,  and  was  there  the  medium 
through  which  the  colors  under  which  he  fought  were 
presented  to  the  National  Assembly  of  that  versatile, 
but  now  regenerated  people.  His  country  at  peace 
with  her  first  enemy,  his  active  and  energetic  spirit 
could  not  remain  in  repose.  His  life  had  been  too 
eventful,  filled  with  too  many  incidents  of  stirring  in- 
terest; he  had  been  too  much  an  ocean  ranger,  to  be 
quiet,  and  he  accepted  a  high  post  in  the  navy  of  our 
ancient  ally.  For  seven  years  he  continued  in  the 
French  service,  honorably  and  actively  employed,  and 
received  testimonials  of  merit  from  sources  of  the 
highest  military  consideration.  In  1802  he  resigned, 
and  returned  to  the  United  States. 

The  war  of  1812  found  the  Commodore,  with  all 

his  laurels  fresh  about  him,  in  the  stillness  of  civic 

5 


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quietude  upon  his  farm;  but  he  snuffed  the  battle 
with  the  breeze — felt  that  he  was  summoned  to  mar- 
tial scenes — drew  his  sword,  and  in  a  short  time  was 
once  more  upon  his  native  element. 

On  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  against  fearful  odds,  he 
encountered  the  enemy — struck  for  the  altar  and 
rights  of  his  country — and  did  execution  that  re- 
dounded to  his  glory  and  fame;  and  when  that  enemy 
approached  the  Capitol,  in  which  were  stored  the  ar- 
chives of  the  government,  and  among  them  the  official 
records  of  his  own  gallant  achievements,  he  landed — 
he  met  them  at  Bladensburgh — he  fired  broadside 
after  broadside — he  boarded  them;  and  could  this 
frail  anatomy,  this  remnant  of  what  he  was,  be  exposed 
to  public  view,  it  would  bear  testimony  that  the  balls 
he  bore  upon  his  person,  were  received  in  front  and 
not  in  the  rear. 

Pittsburgh  and  Pennsylvania  honor  him;  Baltimore 
and  Maryland  should  join  us  in  erecting  a  lofty  shaft 
to  his  memory! 

What  shall  I  say  of  Parker?  The  features  of  his 
short  but  brilliant  career,  crowd  upon  me  so  rapidly, 
that  I  am  overwhelmed  with  act  and  incident.  Like 
tlic  outline  of  his  manly  face,  they  are  vivid  as  the 
morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  news  of  his  triumph 


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reached  us;  and  they  call  to  memory  the  joys  of  his 
little  family,  now  in  our  midst,  that  he  was  safe — safe 
from  his  great  enterprises  by  sea  and  land.  Here  is 
his  body  from  the  sands  of  Salmadina — 

"All  at  rest  now — all  dust!" 

and  none  of  his  comrades  near  him,  to  join  with  us  in 
the  solemn  rites  to  which  we  have  appropriated  this 
day.  Here  is  his  wife — how  bitter  to  her  the  recol- 
lection of  his  living  presence,  when  she  remembers 
what  a  devoted  and  cherished  husband  he  was  to 
her.  Here  are  his  children — orphans — all  in  infancy, 
scarcely  able  to  articulate — mirthful  and  innocent — 
how  can  they  realize  the  absence  of  one  who  joined 
them  in  the  gambols  of  childhood,  and  who  longed 
for  them  when  far,  far  oil'  at  sea!  With  what  youth- 
ful melody  they  would  have  celebrated  his  return,  and 
with  what  sadness  they  would  look  upon  his  bier,  if 
conscious  of  the  loss  they  have  sustained! 

In  this  the  spring  time  of  their  lives,  may  God  pro- 
tect them;  and  as  He  gives  to  these  trees  their  varied 
foliage,  may  He  continually  adorn  their  young  "hearts 
and  minds  with  His  love  and  fear." 

James  Lawrence  Parker,  was  a  man  of  extraor- 
dinary parts.    A  native  of  Philadelphia,  of  humble  pa- 


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rentage,  like  the  young  Corsican,  he  was  the  archi- 
tect of  his  own  fortunes.  None  of  the  incidents  to 
birth  and  education,  were  his  privileges.  Parental 
affection  would  have  granted  him  everything,  but  for 
want  and  deprivation;  and  his  own  generous  nature, 
at  an  early  age,  sought  rather  to  carve  out  for  him- 
self his  destiny,  than  to  hang  as  an  incubus  upon 
those  who  had  been  instrumental  in  bringing  him  in- 
to existence. 

When  only  fifteen,  he  entered  as  an  apprentice  on 
board  the  Independence.  The  name  of  the  vessel 
alone,  was  enough  to  stimulate  his  youthful  ardor,  and 
prepare  him  for  the  gallant  deeds  in  which  he  was  an 
active  participant.  Prompt  in  the  discharge  of  every 
duty,  and  with  a  precocity  that  at  once  singled  him 
from  his  fellows,  he  was  removed  to  the  midship- 
men's mess.  Any  one  who  has  been  in  that  micro- 
cosm, a  man-of-war,  will  readily  appreciate  this  pro- 
motion, and  Parker  was  the  first  to  acknowledge  and 
profit  by  it. 

From  this  ship  he  was  transferred  to  the  Java,  and 
mndethe  cruise  of  the  Mediterranean,  the  very  geog- 
raphy of  which  was  calculated  to  instil  into  his  youth- 
ful mind  a  love  of  glory,  and  veneration  for  heroes 
that  had  stamped  their  names  upon  classic  pages. 
The  four  years  occupied  in  this  voyage,  were  not 


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spent  in  idleness.  He  acquired  the  affection  and  con- 
fidence of  his  superiors — a  knowledge  of  navigation 
and  foreign  language — and  upon  his  return,  was  re- 
commended for  appointment  as  midshipman. 

Dark  as  are  the  alleys,  and  difficult  the  approach  to 
the  head  of  a  department  at  Washington,  his  energy 
surmounted  them.  He  was  encountered  by  the  ac- 
customed information,  always  blandly  afforded,  that 
there  were  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  Pennsylvania 
applications  in  advance  of  him.  This  was  enough  to 
dampen  the  energies  of  one  less  resolute;  but  nothing 
daunted,  he  applied  in  person  to  President  Jackson. 

The  keen  sagacity  and  penetration  of  human  char- 
acter, which  always  characterized  that  illustrious 
gentleman,  instantly  saw  in  him,  qualities  that  should 
not  be  lost  to  the  country,  and  at  once  he  ordered  his 
commission  to  be  prepared. 

With  a  reward  of  merit  so  properly  bestowed,  he 
joined  the  Potomac,  and  made  a  voyage  round  the 
world.  During  this  eventful  period,  he  first  exhibited 
those  military  qualities  that  have  distinguished  him 
since  the  commencement  of  the  Mexican  war. 

In  Sumatra  he  was  prominent  in  the  attack  and 
discomfiture  of  the  Malays  at  Quallah  Battoo — a  just 


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chastisement  inflicted  upon  freebooters,  for  murder 
and  piracy  upon  American  commerce. 

For  his  skill  and  intrepidity,  he  again  received  the 
commendation  of  the  commanding  officers,  and  felt  a 
new  impulse  urging  him  to  greater  exertion.  Rather 
than  return  to  his  native  land  with  the  ship,  he  pre- 
ferred remaining  abroad  until  he  should  acquire  that 
knowledge  which  would  entitle  him  to  immediate 
promotion  upon  his  arrival  at  home.  He  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  frigate  Brandywine;  remained  with  her 
during  a  perilous  cruize;  by  close  application  he  com- 
pleted his  studies  in  navigation  and  the  modern  lan- 
guages, and  upon  examination,  was  raised  to  a  higher 
orrade  in  this  arm  of  our  national  defence.  After  a 
voyage  to  the  East  Indies,  with  the  rank  of  Lieuten- 
ant, upon  his  own  urgent  solicitation  he  was  ordered 
to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  to  participate  in  the  dangers 
and  dories  of  the  present  war.  Amid  the  northers, 
the  stormy  billows,  and  stern  realities  of  this  sea  life, 
he  panted  for  an  opportunity  to  distinguish  himself. 
His  comrades  of  the  Navy  were  equally  impatient;  for 
all  the  honors  were  being  won  by  the  Army  on  land. 
Their  position  was  comparatively  passive,  maintain- 
ing a  blockade;  they  could  hear  the  booming  cannon 
on  shore,  but  were  not  permitted  to  be  there. 

It  was  in  this  calm,  this  solicitude  for  distinction 


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in  his  profession,  and  determination  to  rival  those 
who  had  preceded  him,  that  he  resolved  to  excel 
Decatur  at  Tripoli,  and  cut  out  the  Creole  from  un- 
der the  walls  of  the  Castle  of  San  Juan  de  Ulloa.  A 
perilous  undertaking  it  was,  and  performed  under  a 
negative  disobedience  of  orders;  but  it  resulted  as  all 
such  enterprises  do,  when  conceived  and  executed 
by  master  spirits  of  the  Navy.  Within  range  of  a  hun- 
dred pieces  of  artillery,  upon  a  tempestuous  surge, 
and  but  for  the  darkness  of  the  night,  in  full  view  of 
the  Spanish,  French  and  English  fleets,  he  and  those 
who  followed  him,  did  what  extorted  admiration  from 
those  who,  but  for  its  chivalrous  daring,  would  have 
been  reluctant  to  admit  that  it  had  been  accom- 
plished at  all. 

But  the  noblest  of  his  acts  upon  the  Gulf,  was  at 
the  loss  of  the  Somers.  His  presence  of  mind  never 
forsook  him,  and  he  periled  his  life  over  and  over 
again,  to  preserve  those  less  capable  of  physical  ex- 
ertion than  himself.  History  has  recorded  all  this — 
and  it  requires  no  effort  of  mine  to  stereotype  it  up- 
on the  public  memory. 

Parker  was  not  satisfied  with  his  achievements  on 
the  water.  At  Tuspan  and  Tabasco,  he  fought  with 
the  foremost  of  the  enemy,  and  it  was  in  one  of  these 


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engagements  he  received  a  wound  that  terminated  a 
career  full  of  fame  to  him  and  honor  to  the  service  in 
which  he  was  engaged.  His  Commodore  has  sent  his 
remains  to  us,  as  the  last  tribute  he  could  pay  to  one 
endeared  to  him  by  every  quality  that  renders  esti- 
mable the  officer  and  the  man.  Into  the  narrow  cell 
appointed  for  all  living,  we  commit  him,  knowing  that 
even  "in  his  ashes,  his  wonted  fires"  will  live,  for  the 
imitation  of  his  children  and  the  emulation  of  his 
countrymen. 

Yet  another  of  these  gallant  spirits,  wThose  lifeless 
forms  are  before  me,  claims  the  tribute  of  a  passing- 
sigh.  Near  us  is  deposited  her  who  nursed  him  in 
youth  and  cherished  him  in  manhood:  at  her  side  will 
he  be  laid,  until  the  morning  of  the  Resurrection. 

When  the  present  war  called  to  arms  the  youth  and 
chivalry  of  the  country,  he  wanted  to  go,  and  yet  filial 
affection  caused  him  to  hesitate,  and 


"Then  said  the  mother  to  the  son, 

And  pointed  to  his  shield, 
'Come  with  it,  when  the  battle's  done, 

Or  on  it,  from  the  field.'" 


Here  is  the  gallant  fellow  on  his  shield,  pierced  by 
more  than  twenty  arrows  from  the  quiver  of  the  enemy. 


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He  fell  at  Puebla,  with  sixteen  of  our  brave  towns- 
men of  the  Duquesne  Greys,  overwhelmed  by  num- 
bers, and  fighting  with  the  prowess  which  became  him 
and  the  corps  to  which  he  was  attached. 

Lieutenant  Sewell,  (for  to  this  appellation  he  is  en- 
titled by  promotion  from  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  without  a  knowledge  of  his  death,  and  with  an 
appreciation  of  his  meritorious  services  at  Vera  Cruz 
and  Cerro  Gordo,)  was  a  most  estimable  young  gen- 
tleman, strictly  correct  in  his  public  deportment,  and 
scrupulous  of  the  amenities  of  private  life.  Sister  and 
brother  mourn  his  loss,  and  cherish  the  posthumous 
honors  paid  to  his  memory. 

When  the  heroic  sons  of  Pennsylvania,  who  have 
hazarded  everything  for  their  country,  shall  return, 
what  a  melancholy  satisfaction  it  will  be  to  them  to 
know,  that  if  they  also  had  been  slain  in  battle, 
friends  at  home  would  not  have  been  unmindful  of 
their  services  and  sacrifices. 

Now  that  we  have  imperfectly  recurred  to  the 
lives  of  the  dead,  it  may  be  asked  by  skepticism  and 
false  philosophy,  why  this  pomp  and  parade — this 
folly  and  vanity?  why  not  consign  these  bones  to 
the  deep,  or  let  them   whiten  the  soil   of  Mexico? 


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bone  will  be  united  to  its  fellow;  this  corruptible 
will  put  on  incorruption,  and  at  the  last  day  the  sea 
will  give  up  its  dead.  But  we  have  the  authority  of 
patriarchal  example:  "Bury  me  not,  I  pray  thee,  in 
Egypt;  but  I  will  lie  with  my  fathers,  and  thou  shalt 
carry  me  out  of  Egypt,  and  bury  me  in  their  bury- 
ing place."  This  solemn  injunction  of  the  father  to 
the  son,  was,  with  filial  reverence,  obeyed,  although 
he  might  have  commanded  the  proudest  place  in  the 
catacombs.  "And  there  went  up  with  him  both 
chariots  and  horsemen,  and  it  was  a  very  great  com- 
pany." 

Remember  too,  that  the  descendants  of  this  excel- 
lent and  dutiful  son,  entertaining  the  same  grateful 
and  honorable  sentiment,  imitated  his  pious  example. 
"The  bones  of  Joseph,  which  the  children  of  Israel 
brought  up  out  of  Egypt,  buried  they  in  Shechem,  in 
a  parcel  of  ground  which  Jacob  bought  of  the  sons  of 
Hamar,  the  father  of  Shechem,  for  an  hundred  pieces 
of  silver,  and  it  became  the  inheritance  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Joseph." 

When  the  son  of  Nun  died,  that  great  Captain  of 
his  age,  he  who  said,  "Sun,  stand  thou  still  on  Gibeon, 
and  thou,  Moon,  in  the  valley  of  Ajalon,"  his  devoted 
followers  "buried  him  in  the  borders  of  his  inherit- 


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ance,  in  Timnath-serah,  which  is  in  Mount  Ephraim, 
on  the  north  side  of  the  hill  of  Gaash." 

The  first  act  of  David,  after  he  was  anointed  king 
over  the  house  of  Judah,  was  to  send  for  the  men  who 
had  buried  Saul.  Messengers  were  despatched  to 
them,  saying,  "Blessed  be  ye  of  the  Lord,  that  ye 
have  shewed  this  kindness  unto  your  lord,  even  unto 
Saul,  and  have  buried  him." 

And  if  compelled  to  resort  to  apocryphal  tes- 
timony, I  might  cite  the  respect  of  Simon  for  the 
bones  of  his  brother  Jonathan,  which  he  buried  in 
Modin. 

"All  Israel  made  great  lamentation  for  him,  and 
bewailed  him  many  days.  Simon  also  built  a  monu- 
ment upon  the  sepulchre  of  his  father  and  his  breth- 
ren, and  raised  it  aloft  to  the  sight,  with  hewn  stone, 
behind  and  before. 

"Moreover,  he  set  up  seven  pyramids,  and  in  these 
he  made  cunning  devices,  about  which  he  set  great 
pillars,  and  upon  these  pillars  he  made  all  their  ar- 
mor, for  a  perpetual  memory,  and  by  the  armor  ships 
carved,  that  they  might  be  seen  of  all  that  sail  on  the 


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sea.     This  is  the  sepulchre  which  he  made  at  Modin, 
and  it  standeth  yet,  unto  this  day." 

In  the  days  of  the  Apostles,  when  the  types  of  the 
new  covenant  were  being  realized,  in  the  miracles 
and  mysteries  of  that  eventful  period,  "devout  men 
carried  Stephen  to  his  burial,  and  made  great  lamen- 
tation over  him." 

It  is  a  custom  honored  by  the  observance  of 
all  nations,  heathen  and  christian.  To  enumerate 
them,  from  urn  burial  to  the  simple  commitment  of 
"dust  to  dust,  ashes  to  ashes,"  would  neither  convince 
nor  convert  the  unbeliever. 

Besides,  who  is  there,  with  a  spark  of  true  affection 
lingering  in  his  heart,  that  does  not  feel  elated  and 
subdued  by  a  scene  like  this!  And  who  is  there  that 
does  not  cling  with  fondness  to  the  inanimate  bodies 
of  those  who  were  in  life  the  objects  of  their  love 
and  admiration? 

The  Egyptians,  the  Greeks,  the  Romans,  and  even 
the  Turks,  paid  commendable  attention  to  the  burial 
of  the  dead.  The  lofty  Pyramid,  the  Cave,  the  Rock, 
the  Field — each  and  all  were  set  apart,  in  respectful 


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reverence,  for  the  last  offices  due  to  humanity. 
And  shall  we,  in  this  golden  era  of  the  world,  this 
enlightened  age  of  thought  and  action,  be  indifferent 
to  social  refinement,  or  the  gentler  characteristics  of 

civilization! 

To  the  Earth,  then,  we  commit  these  corruptible 
bodies,  that  in  life  honored  their  names  and  profes- 
sions, looking  to  the  general  Resurrection  at  the  last 
day,  when  that  which  is  "sown  in  weakness  shall  be 
raised  in  power,  and  that  which  is  sown  in  dishonor, 
shall  be  raised  in  glory." 

"Mortalitate  relictoe,  vivunt  immortalitate  incluti." 


LIST   OF  SUBSCRIBERS 


ALLEGHENY  CEMETERY  FIfflD. 


Peter  Shoenberger,  $-500 

John  H.  Shoenberger,  500 

Charles  S.  Bradford,  250 

Jacob   Painter,       -     -  250 

John  D.  M'Cord,      -  250 

James  R.   Speer,        -  250 

William  Croghan,      -  250 

William  Lippincott,  -  250 

John   Bissell,   -     -     -  250 

John  Freeman,     -     -  250 

Henry  Sterling,     -     -  250 

R.  W.  Poindexter,     -  250 

Albert  Culbertson,      -  250 

George  Hogg,       -     -  250 

William  Holmes,         -  250 

Charles  F.  Spang,       -  250 

Wilson  M'Candless,  -  250 

Francis  G.  Bailey,      -  250 

Ara't  carried  over,  $5,000 


A'mt  brought  up,  $5,000 

Thomas  Irwin,       -  -  250 

Thomas  Bakewell,  -  250 

Nathaniel  Holmes,  -  250 

Robert  Beer,   -     -  -  250 

George  Ogden,     -  -  250 

George  W.  Jackson,  250 

Richard  Biddle,    -  -  250 

Wm.  Robinson,  Jr.  -  250 

E.  W.  Stephens,  -  250 

Harmar  Denny,     -  -  250 

Frederick  Lorenz,  -  250 

John  Chislett,       -  -  250 

Thomas  M.  Howe,  -  250 

Jesse  Carothers,   -  -  250 

Charles  Avery,     -  -  250 

J.  K.  Moorhead,  -  100 

Thomas  J.  Bigham,  -  125 

Total,     -  $8,975 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 


CONDITIONS.  LIMITATIONS  AND  PRIVILEGES,  TO  WHICH  EVERY 
LOT  IN  ALLEGHENY  CEMETERY  IS  SUBJECT. 


I.  The  proprietor  of  the  lot  shall  have  a  right  to  enclose  the 
same  with  a  wall  or  fence,  not  exceeding  eighteen  inches  in 
height,  exclusive  of  the  railing,  which  shall  be  placed  on  the 
lines  of  said  lot. 

II.  The  said  lot  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose 
than  as  a  place  of  burial  for  the  dead,  and  no  trees  within  the 
lot  or  border  shall  be  cut  down  or  destroyed  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  Managers  of  the  said  corporation. 

III.  The  proprietor  of  the  said  lot  shall  have  the  right  to 
erect  proper  Stones,  Monuments,  or  Sepulchral  Structures, 
(except  that  no  slab  shall  be  set  on  edge  over  1  foot  6  inches  in 
height,  unless  it  be  4  inches  in  thickness,)  and  to  cultivate  trees, 
shrubs  and  plants  in  the  same. 

IV.  The  proprietor  of  the  said  lot  shall  erect  at  his  or  her 
expense,  suitable  land  marks  of  stone  or  iron,  at  the  corners 
thereof,  and  shall  also  cause  the  number  thereof  to  be  legibly 
and  permanently  marked  on  the  premises.     And  if  the  proprie- 


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tor  shall  omit  for  thirty  days,  after  notice,  to  erect  such  land 
marks  and  mark  the  number,  the  Managers  shall  have  authority 
to  cause  the  same  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  said  proprietor. 

V.  If  the  land  marks  and  boundaries  of  said  lot  shall  be 
effaced,  so  that  the  lot  cannot  with  reasonable  diligence  be 
found  and  identified,  the  Managers  shall  set  off  to  the  said 
grantee,  his  or  her  heirs  or  assigns,  a  lot  in  lieu  thereof  in  such 
part  of  the  Cemetery  as  they  see  fit,  and  the  lot  hereby  granted 
shall,  in  such  case,  revert  to  the  corporation. 

VI.  If  any  trees  or  shrubs  situated  in  said  lot,  shall  by 
means  of  their  roots,  branches  or  otherwise,  become  detrimen- 
tal to  the  adjacent  lots  or  avenues,  or  dangerous  or  inconve- 
nient to  passengers,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Managers, 
for  the  time  being,  and  they  shall  have  the  right  to  enter  into 
the  said  lot,  and  remove  the  said  trees  and  shrubs,  or  such 
parts  thereof  as  are  thus  detrimental,  dangerous  or  inconve- 
nient. 

VII.  If  any  monument  or  effigy,  or  any  structure  whatever, 
or  any  inscription,  be  placed  in  or  upon  said  lot,  which  shall  be 
determined  by  the  major  part  of  said  Managers,  for  the  time 
being,  to  be  offensive  or  improper,  the  said  Managers,  or  the 
major  part  of  them,  shall  have  the  right,  and  it  shall  be  their 
duty  to  enter  upon  said  lot,  and  remove  the  said  offensive  or 
improper  object  or  objects. 


VIII.  No  fence  shall  at  any  time  be  placed   or  erected  in  or 

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around  any  lot,  the  materials  or  design  of  which  shall  not  first 
have  been  approved  by  the  Managers,  or  a  committee  of  them. 

IX.  The  said  lot  shall  be  holden  subject  to  the  provisions 
contained  in  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Pennsylvania,  passed  the  24th  day  of  April,  A.  D. 
1844,  entitled  "An  Act  to  incorporate  Allegheny  Cemetery  in 
Allegheny  County."  And  also  subject  to  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations which  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  adopted  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  said  Cemetery. 

X.  All  interments  in  lots  shall  be  restricted  to  the  members 
of  the  family  and  relatives  of  the  proprietors  thereof,  except 
special  permission  to  the  contrary  be  obtained,  in  writing,  at 
the  Office  of  the  Corporation;  and  no  disinterment  shall  be 
allowed,  without  permission  from  the  Corporation. 


REGULATIONS 

CONCERNING  VISITORS. 


The  Secretary  will  issue  to  each  proprietor  of  one  or  more 
Lots,  one  ticket  of  admission  into  the  Cemetery,  under  the 
following  Regulations,  the  violation  of  any  of  which,  or  a  loan 
of  the  ticket,  involves  a  forfeiture  of  the  privilege. 

I.  No  person  is  admitted  on  horseback,  or  with  a  dog. 

II.  No  person,  with  or  without  a  vehicle,  is  admitted,  un- 
less accompanied  by  a  proprietor,  or  a  member  of  his  or  her 
household,  with  his  or  her  ticket;  but  the  Managers  may  grant 
special  tickets  of  admission. 

III.  No  vehicle  is  to  be  driven  in  the  Cemetery,  at  a  gait 
faster  than  a  walk. 

IV.  No  horse  is  to  be  fastened,  except  at  a  post  provided 
for  this  purpose.  No  horse  is  to  be  left  unfastened,  without  a 
keeper. 

V.  All  persons  are  prohibited  from  "fathering  any  flowers, 
either  wild  or  cultivated,  or  breaking  any  tree,  shrub  or  plant. 

VI.  All  persons  are  prohibited  from  writing  upon,  defacing 
or  injuring  any  monument,  fence  or  other  structure,  in  or  be- 
longing to  the  Cemetery. 


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VII.  All  persons  are  prohibited  from  discharging  fire-arms 
in  the  Cemetery. 

VIII.  The  gates  are  opened  at  sunrise,  and  closed  at 
sunset. 

IX.  No   money  is  to  be  paid  to  the  Porter. 

X.  No  persons  are  admitted  on  Sundays  and  holydays, 
excepting  proprietors  and  members  of  their  household,  and 
persons  accompanying  them. 

XI.  Children  will  not  be  admitted  without  their  Parents  or 
Guardians. 

XII.  No  persons  having  refreshments  of  any  kind,  will  be 
permitted  to  come  within  the  grounds — nor  will  any  smoking 
be  allowed. 

XIII.  Persons  having  baskets,  or  any  like  article,  must 
leave  them  in  charge  of  the  Porter. 

XIV.  Any  person  disturbing  the  quiet  and  good  order  of 
the  place,  by  noise  or  other  improper  conduct — or  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  foregoing  rules — will  be  compelled  instantly 
to  leave  the  grounds. 

XV.  The  Superintendent  is  charged  with  the  execution 
of  these  rules  and  regulations. 


LOT  HOLDERS: 


November,  1§48. 


OWNERS'   NAMES. 


Acken,  Mrs. 
Addison,  Dr.  W.    - 
Adams,  John     - 
Albree,  George 
Algeo,  Mrs. 
Algeo,  W.  of  Wm. 
Allen,  M.  &  Dr.  Wray, 
Anderson,   John 
Anderson,  Paul 
Anderson,  Hugh-Estate  of 
Armor,  George 
Arthurs,  Wm. 
Arthurs,  George 
Atwood,  Moses 
Avery,  Charles 
Bakevvell,  Thomas 
Bagaley,  Wm.   - 
Bailey,  F.  G. 
Barclay,  Wm.    - 
Bard,  Richard 
Barker,  Robert 
Barker,  Wm. 
Barnes,  Samuel 
Barnhill,  Wm. 
Baum,  Wm.  P. 
Bayard,  George  A. 


N08.   OF   LOTS 


28,        - 

I. 

29,              ... 

K. 

195, 

I. 

11,12,       - 

F. 

27, 

G. 

32,              - 

G. 

25,26, 

C. 

23,44, 

A. 

51,52,53,     - 

B. 

96,    - 

I. 

162,        - 

I. 

76,  77,       - 

C. 

75,        - 

C. 

3,    -                   - 

F. 

86, 

C. 

14,  15,  52,  53,    - 

A. 

46,47, 

G. 

27,28,29,30,31,32,33, 

C. 

186,    - 

I. 

24,        - 

K. 

67,    - 

G. 

64,66, 

G. 

25,    - 

D. 

120,        - 

G. 

46,    - 

K. 

142,        - 

B. 

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OWNERS'  .NAMES. 

NOS.   OF  LOTS. 

SKCT'N. 

Beckham,  Major 

- 

17,    - 

D. 

Bell,  John  B. 

- 

69, 

B. 

Bender,  Adam  - 

- 

61,               -        - 

I. 

Beer,  Capt.  Robert 

- 

8,9,    - 

D. 

Berry,  George  A. 

- 

Biddle,  James  W. 

- 

9,        - 

G. 

Biddle,  Estate  Hon.  Richard 

7,60,       - 

A. 

Bishop,  Mrs. 

- 

124,        - 

B. 

Bissell,  John 

- 

8,  9,  58,  59,      - 

A. 

Bingham,  Win. 

- 

91,         - 

G. 

Bidwell,  John  C.    - 

- 

62,    - 

K. 

Blair,  John  M. 

- 

113,        - 

G. 

Black,  George 

- 

43,44,       - 

K. 

Bockstock,  Henry 

- 

174,  175, 

I. 

Bonnett,  Alexis  and  Jerome 

51,60,61, 

G. 

Borden,  Morris 

- 

27,        - 

I. 

Borrett,  Daniel 

- 

65, 

I. 

Bowman,   Joseph 

- 

60, 

A. 

Brewer,   Charles     - 

- 

47,  48,  49,  50, 

D. 

Breed,  George 

- 

9,  10, 

F. 

Brown,  John 

- 

146,    -         -         -         - 

I. 

Brown,  James    - 

- 

18,  19, 

B. 

Bradley,  Alex'r 

- 

220,221,     - 

I. 

Bridenthal,  Matthew    - 

- 

S9, 

G. 

Boobyer,  Jacob,  Jr. 

- 

89,    - 

I. 

Bruner,  Jacob    - 

- 

86, 

I. 

Bushnell,  Daniel     - 

- 

13,    -         -         - 

G. 

Burk  &  Barnes, 

- 

39,        - 

B. 

Butler,  R.  B. 

- 

93,    -         -         - 

B. 

Cairns,  Alex'r    - 

- 

118,        - 

I. 

Cairns,  Wm.  and  W.  H 

nisli, 

54, 

K. 

Carothers,  Jesse 

- 

77,  78, 

D. 

55 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 


Cathcart,  W.  A.     - 
Chaffey,  Zachariah 
Chambers,  James   - 
Campbell,  Thomas  J. 
Chikls,  Harvey 
Chislett,  John    - 
Christy,  Robert 
Cole,  Rufus 
Cooper,  James  M. 
Copelancl,  Wra.  B.    - 
Coulter,  Henry 
Craig,  Neville  B. 
Craig,  Oldham  G.  - 

Crilly,  - 

Crossan,  John  M'D. 

Crossan,  James 

Crotts,  Wm. 

Crumblish,  J.  &  W.  Lynch, 

Crumpton,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

Culbertson,  Albert 

Cuddy,  James 

Cupples,  Alex'r 

Curling,  Alfred  B. 

Dalzell,  James    - 

Davis,  John   - 

Davis,  John  D. 

Davis,  R.  H.  &  H.  E.     - 

Davis,  Wm. 

Davis,  James 

Davison,  Edward 

Denny,  Harmar 

Dean,  Capt.  Wm. 


NOS 

.  OF  LOTS. 

SECT'N. 

242, 

- 

- 

I. 

24, 

- 

- 

G. 

70, 

- 

- 

G. 

96, 

- 

- 

G. 

ill, 

- 

- 

G. 

34, 

- 

- 

K. 

63, 

- 

- 

B. 

71, 

- 

- 

G. 

117, 

- 

- 

B. 

102, 

- 

- 

I. 

84, 

- 

- 

C. 

23, 

- 

- 

K. 

2-5 

- 

- 

K. 

69, 

- 

- 

I. 

10, 

12, 

- 

K. 

36, 

- 

- 

K. 

66, 

- 

- 

I. 

85, 

- 

- 

G. 

60, 

- 

- 

G. 

8, 

9,  10, 

11,  12,  13, 

B. 

37, 

38,  39 

,  40,       - 

G. 

140, 

141, 

. 

I. 

13, 

14, 

- 

F. 

4, 

5, 

- 

D. 

5, 

6,    - 

- 

G. 

56, 

- 

. 

G. 

26, 

- 

. 

K. 

105, 

- 

. 

I. 

18, 

- 

- 

I. 

234, 

- 

. 

I. 

6, 

7,8, 

- 

K. 

65, 

- 

- 

L. 

56 


OWNERS-  NAMES. 

HOS.   OF  LOTS. 

SECT'S. 

Dickey,  Isaiah 

- 

Hi 

- 

- 

G. 

Digby,  Wm. 

2, 

4, 

- 

G. 

Diller,  John  V.      - 

-      239, 

. 

- 

I. 

Diehl,  Wm.  V. 

-    24, 

. 

- 

I. 

Dihvorth,  Wm.   Sen. 

63, 

. 

- 

K. 

Dihvorth,  Wm.  Jr.     - 

-   64, 

- 

- 

K. 

Dilworth,  John  S. 

-     |  61, 

- 

- 

K. 

Dobbler,  Jacob 

-156, 

- 

- 

I. 

Dravo,   Peter 

- 



- 

- 

L. 

Drocourt,  Julius 

- 

92, 

. 

- 

I. 

Douglas,  Samuel     - 

26, 

27, 

- 

L. 

Eaton,  Franklin  H.    - 

- 

75, 

- 

- 

G. 

Edrington,  Dr.  E.  G. 

- 

65, 

- 

- 

B. 

Edwards,  Richard 

- 

7, 

8, 

- 

F. 

Edwards,  David 

- 

77, 

.         -         - 

- 

I. 

Edwards,  Matthew 

- 

78, 

- 

- 

I. 

Elliott,  Richard  S. 

- 

110, 

- 

. 

I. 

Edwards,  Thomas 

-   79, 

. 

- 

I. 

1    126, 

127,  12S,  129, 

130, 

English  Lutheran  Churcl 

,  r  131, 

132,  133,  134, 

135, 

I. 

J    136, 

137,  138, 

- 

Elliott,  Mrs.  Jane  - 

-     i  25, 

. 

- 

I. 

Euwer,  Daniel  - 

-   87, 

. 

- 

C. 

Evans,  Evan 

70, 

. 

- 

I. 

Evving,  Mrs.  Margaret 

-  82, 

- 

- 

G. 

Fairman,  Thomas   - 

13, 

14,      - 

- 

C. 

Eahnestock,  B.  A. 

1     4, 

... 

- 

K. 

Fahnestock,  B.  L.  - 

30, 

31,  33, 

- 

L. 

Farrow,  Thomas 

-   64, 

. 

. 

L. 

Finney,  John  &  Robert 

- 

49, 

50,       - 

. 

B. 

Fhzsimmons,  David    - 

- 

32, 

55, 

. 

B. 

Fitz.-immons,  David 

- 

95, 

99,  100, 

- 

1. 

57 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 


NOS.  OF  LOTS 


Fleming,  John 
Fleming,  John 
Follansbee,  Gilbert      - 
Ford,  James  -         -         - 
Forsyth,  John    - 
Fowler,  Mrs.  Christian     - 
Fowler,  John     - 
Frampton,  Wm. 
Freeman,  John 
Fullerton,  John 
Galway,  Robert 
Gillespie,  Wm. 
Gilmore,  Wm.  - 
Gilmore,  G.  F.       - 
Gibb,  John 
Glyde,  Benjamin 
Goehring,  Jacob 
Goehring,  Charles  L. 
Gordon,  Alexander 
Gordon,  Maxwell 
Gormley,  Samuel 
Gormley,  Wm.  R. 
Gormley,  Wm.  M.  and 

John  Rutherford, 
Grant,  George 
Graff,  Henry 
Gray,  James  J. 
Grier,  John 
Grier,  David  A.- 
Garrard, John  &  WTm.  H. 
Grove,  David 
Gunning,  W.  P.     - 


74, 


G. 

I. 

I. 

G. 

A. 

I. 

I. 

B. 

A. 

L. 

A. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

L. 

K. 

I. 

I. 

G. 

I. 

G. 

G. 

G. 

B. 

I. 

G. 

B. 

B. 

L. 

I. 

B. 


58 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 

NOS.  OF  LOTS. 

SECT'N. 

Hailman,  Jas.  W. 

82, 

B. 

Hampton,  Moses     - 

63,  64,      - 

D. 

Hardy,  A.  A.     - 

5,        - 

F. 

Harper,  John 

119, 

G. 

Harper,  Lecky  &  Wm.  L. 

75,        -                   - 

G. 

Hastings,  Abel 

229, 

1. 

Harris,  Wm.  S.       - 

83, 

B. 

Hatch,  Mrs.        - 

166, 

I. 

Hays,  Wm. 

14,  15,  16,  17,       - 

B. 

Heazelton,  Edward     - 



B. 

Henrici,  Wm. 

228,       - 

I. 

Herron,  Rev.  Francis 

23,  24,       - 

— 

Herron,  John 

34,  35,  36, 

B. 

Higby,  Henry 

7,             .-- 

G. 

Hill,  Robert 

86,                  -         -         - 

G. 

Hill,  Samuel  C.  &  J.  H. 

44,  45,      - 

G. 

Hinds,  John       - 

164,        - 

I. 

Holmes,  Wm. 

o 

K. 

Holmes,  George  S. 

- 

— 

Holmes,  David 

48,  49,           - 

G. 

Holmes,  Nathaniel 

—     - 

— 

Holmes,  Nathaniel,  Jr. 

.... 

— 

Hopkins,  Jas.  Estate  of 

81. 

I. 

Hoon,  James 

151, 

I. 

Horner,  Simpson 

94,  113, 

B. 

Howe,  Thomas  M.      - 

10,  11,       - 

D. 

Howarth,  George 

62, 

L. 

Howard,  Samuel 

112, 

I. 

Hughes,  Edward 

40,        - 

B. 

Hughes,  Paul  and  Wm. 

224, 

I. 

Hunter,  David 

155,        -         -         -         - 

I. 

Hunter,  Alex'r 

1 9,  48,       - 

A. 

59 


OWNKRS'  NAMES. 

KOS.   OF  LOTS. 

SECT'S. 

Hutchison,  Lewis 

20, 

•21, 

S9,  90,       - 

c. 

Janney,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 

74, 

. 

K. 

Jackson,  George  W. 

15, 

16, 

17 o    3 

CD. 

Jackson,  Thomas 

65, 

- 

G. 

Jones,  Isaac 

157, 

. 

I. 

Jones,  John  D.            - 

23, 

. 

G. 

Jones,  W.  T. 

4, 

6, 

- 

F. 

Irwin,  W.  A.      - 

121, 

- 

I. 

Irwin,  David  &  William 

236, 

- 

I. 

Irwin,  Hon.  Thomas 

is, 

19, 

- 

D. 

Kay,  Frederick  G. 

17, 

19, 

- 

K. 

Kennedy,  R.  T. 

91, 

92, 

115,  116, 

B. 

Kerr,  James,  Estate  of 

24, 

. 

L. 

Kerr,  James,  Jr.     - 

47, 

- 

K. 

Kean,  James  N. 

98, 

- 

I. 

Kidd,  Jonathan 

61, 

- 

G. 

Kirby,  Thomas 

235, 

- 

I. 

Knox,  Robert 

29, 

- 

A. 

Kyle,  George, 

147, 

- 

I. 

Larimer,  Wm.  Jr. 

3, 

64, 

- 

A. 

Lambert,  Henry 

17, 

. 

L. 

Lawson,  Alexander 

241, 

. 

I. 

Leak,  James  M. 

72, 

- 

I. 

Ledlie,  George 

3, 

- 

K. 

Lee,  George  H. 

64, 

- 

I. 

Lee,  Caleb 

41, 

42, 

43, 

G. 

Leech,  Malcolm 

13, 

14, 

15,  16,       . 

K. 

Lemon,  James 

84, 

- 

B. 

Leeper,  George  R.- 

153, 

- 

I. 

Leonard,  Willard 

29, 

- 

G. 

Lees,  Wm.         - 

30, 

- 

G. 

Liggett,  Daniel  &  Jas.  S. 

38. 

- 

A. 

60 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 

NOS.  OF  LOTS. 

SECT'N. 

Liggett,  Thomas, 

Sen. 

42, 

45, 

K. 

Linford,  Capt.  Th 

omas 

81, 

- 

. 

B. 

Lippincott,  Wm. 

- 

— 

... 

- 

B. 

Little,  Mrs.  Jane  and  W.    ) 

Gorman, 

37, 

. 

B. 

Little,  Mrs.  Mary 

- 

23 

24,  25, 

B. 

Little,  John,  Jr. 

- 

58, 

- 

_ 

B. 

Livingston,  Rache 

- 

120, 

m 

I. 

Logan,  James  K. 

- 

49, 

. 

. 

B. 

Loomis,  C.  0. 

- 

27, 

... 

. 

K. 

Lorenz,  Frederick 

- 

6, 

7, 

D. 

Lothrop,  Sylvanus 

- 

140, 

B. 

Lowry,  Martin  R. 

- 

20, 

. 

. 

K. 

Magill,  R.  &  W. 

- 

93, 

94,  97, 

. 

I. 

Major,  Robert  B. 

- 

238, 

. 

. 

G. 

Marlatt,  W.  W.  an 

dJ.B.  ) 

Anger, 

\ 

57, 

. 

- 

K. 

Marshall,  Samuel, 

Henry    ) 

90, 

G. 

and  Hugh, 

) 

Marshall,  John 

- 

172, 

176,  177, 

- 

I. 

Matthews,  John 

- 

99 

- 

. 

K. 

Merritt,  Dr.  E. 

- 

33, 

- 

- 

B. 

Metzeiler,  Elias 

- 

88, 

- 

- 

I. 

Miller,  John  W. 

- 

1.74, 

- 

- 

I. 

Miller,  Alexander 

- 

87, 

119,    - 

. 

B. 

Millingar,  Jas. 

- 

159, 

. 

- 

I. 

Montgomery,  Mrs. 

Maria 

78, 

- 

. 

C. 

Montgomery,  James 

16, 

- 

- 

I. 

Moody,  Samuel 

- 

111, 

- 

- 

I. 

Moore,  Robert 

- 

33, 

34, 

- 

G. 

Moore,  Wm. 

- 

187, 

- 

. 

I. 

Moorhead,  J.  K. 

' 

89, 

90. 

- 

B. 

61 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 

NOS.  OF  LOTS. 

SECT'S 

Morgan,  David  T. 

- 

52,  53, 

K. 

Morgan,  James  B. 

- 

50,  51, 

K. 

Morrison,  Wm. 

- 

31,  56,          - 

B. 

Morrison,  Stephen, 

- 

46,             --- 

B. 

Mowry,  John  C. 

- 

58,                 - 

G. 

Murdock,  Wm.  F. 

95,              - 

G. 

Murdock, 

22,  SS, 

C. 

Myers,  Tobias 

- 

21,  46,      - 

A. 

Myers,  Jacob     - 

- 

96,  111, 

B. 

Miller,  David  R. 

- 

42,             ... 

L. 

M'Candless,  Wilson 

- 

12,        - 

D. 

M'Candless,  G.  W.  I. 

&R. 

81,  S3, 

G. 

M'Candless,  David 

- 

76,        -         -         - 

G. 

M'Clane,  David 

- 

160,             -         -         - 

I. 

M'Clelland,  Archibald 

28, 

G. 

M'Gowin,  Robert  E. 

- 

72,  74, 

L. 

M'Connel,  Thomas 

- 

73,        - 

G. 

M'Cullough,  Hugh 

- 

191, 

I. 

M'Cracken,  John 

- 

101,        - 

I. 

M'Connell,  Francis  B.- 
Wm.  H.  &  Joseph 

~  \ 

60,  62, 

L. 

M'Dowell,  Alexander 

2,        -         -         - 

I. 

M'Dowell,  James 

- 

106, 

I. 

M'Elroy,  John 

- 

243, 

I. 

M'Farland,  Archibald 

171, 

I. 

M' Geary,  Henry 

- 

61,        - 

B. 

M'Graw,  H.  S.       - 

- 

61,62,       - 

D. 

M'Kain,  James 

- 

90,  91,           - 

I. 

M'Kee,  Charles      - 

- 

122, 

I. 

M'Kibbin,  Chambers 

- 

IS,  49,           - 

A. 

M'Knight,  Wm.  Estate  of 

31,             ... 

K. 

M'Kovvn,  James 

- 

114,        - 

B. 

62 


OWNERS'   NAMES. 

NOS.  OF 

LOTS 

SECT'N. 

M'Quewan,  John  &  A. 

B. 

s, 

29, 

- 

L. 

Neeper,  W.  Sen.  &  \V. 

Jun. 

92, 

- 

- 

G. 

Neil,  Thomas  H. 

- 

73, 

- 

- 

1. 

Neil,  John 

- 

128, 

- 

- 

B. 

Nieman,  Geo.  W. 

- 

182, 

- 

- 

I. 

Nimick,  A.  &  W.  K. 

5, 

- 

- 

K. 

Noble,  Lewis 

- 

is, 

19, 

- 

C. 

Oliver,  Thomas 

- 

79, 

- 

- 

G. 

Oliver,  Robert 

- 

1S9, 

190, 

- 

I. 

Orr,  Robert 

- 

21, 

. 

- 

K. 

Owston,  Thomas 

- 

20, 

- 

- 

D. 

Painter,  Jacob 

- 

143, 

- 

- 

B. 

Paisley,  Samuel 

- 

23, 

- 

m                       -                       - 

I. 

Pardell,  Mrs.  Mary,  and 
H.  &E. 

1 

84, 

- 

- 

I. 

Park,  Junes  Jr.  &  Co. 

65, 

66,  67, 

6S,  69,  70, 

K. 

Perry,  H~mry 

- 

10G, 

- 

. 

B. 

Paulson,  Charles  H. 

- 

7, 

- 

B. 

Pennock,  Joseph 

- 

13, 

- 

- 

D. 

Pennock,  Isaac  M. 

- 

14, 

- 

- 

D. 

Parry,  J.  C.  &  H.      - 

- 

1, 

- 

- 

B. 

Poindexter,  R.  W. 

- 

85, 

- 

- 

C. 

Preble,  Miss  Harriet 

- 

39, 

- 

. 

A. 

Presbyterian  Church,  Second 

42, 

45,      . 

- 

B. 

Presley,  Nathan  W. 

- 

173, 

- 

- 

I. 

Pintz,  Daniel 

- 

145, 

- 

- 

I. 

Price,  Wm. 

- 

38, 

- 

- 

B. 

Rahm,  Edward 

- 

133, 

134, 

- 

B. 

Richey,  John  and  Davi 

d 

37, 

- 

- 

K. 

Ramaley,  Jonathan 

- 

85, 

- 

- 

I. 

Redpath,  Thomas 

- 

63, 

- 

- 

I. 

Reno,  Lewis  H. 

- 

55, 

- 

- 

K. 

63 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 

NOS.  OF  LOTS. 

SECTS. 

Remington,  Stephen 

- 

2^2          -          -          -          - 

1. 

Reis,  George 

- 

17,  50,       - 

A. 

Richards,  Martin 

- 

82,        - 

I. 

Ritz,  Jeremiah 

- 

152, 

I. 

Richardson,  James 

- 

1G5,        -         -         -         - 

I. 

Riley,  Isaac 

- 

123, 

G. 

Riddle,  Rev.  D.  H. 

- 

1.2,            - 

F. 

Riddle,  Robert  M. 

- 

68,              ... 

G. 

Roberts,  R.  Biddle      - 

- 

is,             - 

G. 

Roseburgh,  Alex'r 

- 

64,  65,      - 

C. 

Ross,  James  Jr. 

- 

28,       - 

K. 

Rowbottom,  Wm. 

- 

84,             - 

G. 

Rowley,  George  W. 

- 

17,        - 

1. 

Rowswell,  T.  &  David  Kee, 

LS4,  1S5, 

I. 

Reiter,  George 

- 

245,        -         -         -         - 

I. 

Russell,  James  G. 

- 

17,              ... 

G. 

Scaife,  W.  B. 

- 

67,  68,           - 

B. 

Skeen,  Wm. 

- 

196, 

I. 

Scanderett,   Thomas 

- 

87,        - 

I. 

Sims,  Mrs.  Sophia 

- 

192, 

I. 

Schoonmaker,  James 

- 

60, 

B. 

Stewart,  Wm.  M. 

- 

61, 

I. 

Scott,  John 

- 

25, 

A. 

Seetin,  John 

- 

4S,             --- 

K. 

Sellers,  Henry  D. 

- 

15S,        - 

I. 

Semple,  Wm.  M. 

- 

120,  85,  S6, 

B. 

Semple,  S.  W. 

- 

121,       - 

B. 

Sewell,  James  H. 

- 

9,   11, 

K. 

Severance,  Levi 

107, 

I. 

Shaffer,  John  S. 

- 

226               ... 

I. 

ShafFner,  Charles  J. 

183, 

I. 

Shane,  James 

- 

139, 

I. 

64 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 

N'OS.  OF  LOTS 

SKCT'H 

Shannon,  James  F. 

- 

7,         - 

A. 

Shaw,  Thomas  W. 

59,  60, 

K. 

Shaw,  Robert 

- 

113,  114,  115, 

I. 

Shaw,  Dr.W.&D.S.  Wil- 
liams, 

) 

s 

77,              - 

G. 

Shoenberger,  J.  H. 

1,        - 

D. 

Sheppard,  John 

- 

S8, 

G. 

Shneck,  George 

74,        - 

B. 

Shinn,  Wm.  M. 

- 

69,             ... 

G. 

Singer,  Maj.  W. 
Shoenberger,  Dr.  P. 

22,        -         -         -         - 
141, 

G. 
B. 

Shore,  William 

116,        - 

I. 

Sloan,  David 

- 

219, 

I. 

Smith,  Daniel 

103,        -         -         - 

I. 

Smith,  George  W. 

- 

62,  63,       - 

G. 

Snowden,  Samuel 

125,        - 

B. 

Snyder,  John 

- 

114,             -         -         - 

G. 

Spang,  Charles  F. 

1,        - 

K. 

Speer,  Dr.  J.  R. 

- 

69,70,       - 

C. 

Sprout,  Thomas 

230,        - 

I. 

Sterling,  Henry- 
Stevens,  E.  W. 

- 

48,  49,       - 
43,  44,  70, 

c. 

B. 

Stewart,  Thomas 

- 

246, 

I. 

Stewart,  Martha 

59,                  - 

L. 

Stimple,  Henry 
Stockton,  David  C. 

- 

56,             ... 
61,                  - 

K. 

B. 

Stockton,  Robert  C. 

- 

59,             ... 

B. 

Stone,  Mrs.  Mary  B. 

74,                  - 

G. 

Stoner,  Solomon 

31, 

G. 

123,                  - 

B. 

ljUUUU, 

Taylor,  Isaac 

245, 

I. 

Thaw,  J.— T.  S.  Clarke, 

j  10,11,56,57, 

A. 

65 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 


NOS.  OF  LOTS. 


Thaw,  William 
Thompson,  James 
Thompson,  Mrs.  Mary 
Thomas,  William 
Tomlinson,  Joseph 
Totten,  W.  J. 
Townsend,  W.  P. 
Trovillo,  Col.  E.  &  A.        } 
Morris,  ) 

Uffington,  Thomas  S. 
Updegraff,  Uriah 
Verner,  Ann,  &  Jas.  Cooper 
Verner,  James 
Wadsworth,  Samuel 
Wallace,  W.  W. 
Wallace,  Alexander, 
Wallingford,  A.  M.      - 
Wainwright,  Joseph 
Washington,  Reed 
Wasson,  William 
Watson,  Robert 
Watson,  Robert,  [Esq.] 
Watson,  George 
Weaver,  Jacob  Jr. 
Weaver,  Adam 
Weaver,  Benjamin 
Weldin,  Josiah  R. 
Weyman,  George 
Weyman,  George 
Wharton,  Col.  Clifton, 

Estate  of 
White,  George  R. 


57,  59, 


170, 


G- 

B. 

I. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

G. 

G. 

I. 

G. 

A. 

I. 

B. 

I. 

D. 

G. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

G. 

I. 

G. 

I. 

G. 

K. 

A. 

I. 

G. 
K. 


66 


OWNERS'  NAMES. 


White,  D.  N. 

Whitmore,  

Whittier,  Isaac 
Wickersham,  S.  N. 
Wightman,  James 
Wilcox,  L. 
Wilcox,  Josiah  R. 
Wilkeson,  Henry 
Williams,  J.  D. 
Wilkins,  Edward 
Williams,  Robert 
Williams,  Richard, 
Willock,  John 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Woods,  James 
Woods,  H. 
Wright,  Thomas 
Wright,  John 
Wright,  John 
Wright,  Alex'r  A. 
Wright,  James 
Wright,  Robert 
Williams,  W.  H. 
Warner,  Judge 
Yeager,  Christian 
Young,  William 


KOS.  OF 

LOTS 

78, 

. 

. 

67, 

68, 

s, 

- 

- 

32, 

- 

36, 

53, 

54, 

10, 

- 

76, 

- 

- 

178, 

- 

SS, 

- 

- 

SO, 

- 

71, 

- 

- 

180, 

- 

1, 

- 

- 

1, 

- 

22, 

45, 

- 

28, 

- 

20, 

47, 

- 

66, 

- 

93, 

- 

S3, 

- 

67, 

- 

- 

3, 

- 

53, 

- 

- 

50, 

51, 

161, 

- 

- 

74, 

75, 

. 

G. 

C. 

G. 

L. 

C. 

G. 

I. 

I. 

B. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

G. 

I. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

C. 

G. 

I. 

I. 

G. 

G. 

C. 

I. 

I. 


CyThe  Managers  beg  leave  to  call  the  special  attention  of  Lot  Holders 
to  the  rule  which  requires  that  the  bounds  of  each  Lot  shall  be  denoted 
by  stone  or  iron  posts,  and  llmt  the  number  be  marked  in  n  permanent 
manner  upon  the  same.  Great  inconvenience  has  already  been  expeiienced 
iu  tome  of  the  Eastern  Cemeteries,  from  a  disregard  of  this  rule. 


05-12-05  32180      MS 


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